DVDs, weather, wanted: advice
Jun. 13th, 2008 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sareaSo it's Father's Day on Sunday, and I just mailed my card out today. Well, I wouldn't want it to get there on time and hurt my mom's feelings when her card was late, would I? No.
Going to a baseball game tonight with Alicia and Sharon, and currently the plan is that I will be getting a SeaDog for dinner. It's like battered fried fish in a hot dog bun, topped, no doubt, with tartar sauce. The only problem is that it's an evening game and will probably be even more cold than it is right now, which is pretty damn cold. Currently? 55°F. I know, what kind of insane part of the country do I live in? Answer: a sucky part that has never heard of summer. Oh I know, a bunch of people are experiencing crazy heat where they live ... but what I wouldn't give for that right now! Warm weather! Cute clothes! Walking out of the house without a coat! Walking my dog NOT in the rain! The bliss!
I have recently rented/purchased soooooooo many DVDs, mostly of the TV series persuasion. Here's what I've gotten so far, with high-level thoughts:
- 30 Rock (S1): Funny and cute, can't wait to when it gets really good (I'm still on disc 1). Plus it makes me miss New York.
- The Tudors (S1): Very GP, but not sure how much I really like it. It's no Rome. And I've never, ever understood the Jonathan Rhys Meyers thing ... plus the actress who plays Anne has really large nostrils and this affected look about her that sometimes rubs me the wrong way. She's like a more attractive Maggie Gyllenhaal (which isn't saying much -- which commentator was it who said, "They cast her in Batman? They might as well have cast a foot!"). But this one does have Sam Neill and Jeremy Northam.
- Dexter (S1): Finished this one. Very interesting and enjoyable, even though I hate basically all the female characters. His sister is especially heinous, I can't stand the actress. And Julie Benz was much, much more interesting as Darla.
- Ugly Betty (S1): Started this with Jade while we were in New York. It's so fun! We're on the last disc, but I am waiting for her to mail it to me so we can finally finish up S1.
- House (S3): I'm on the 3rd season ... I know, way behind everyone else. I think the problem was that the 2nd season was good, but only OK, so I didn't have a huge desire to watch S3 immediately. But then people have been saying how great S4 was, and I don't like to watch stuff out of order, so I'm now finally watching S3.
And finally, the ones that I have but haven't started watching yet:
- Friday Night Lights (S1&2)
- Gilmore Girls (S7)
- Lost (S3)
DVDs I need to remember to order when they come out:
- Lost (S4)
- Heroes (S2)
- Prison Break (S3)
- House (S4)
If you're planning to rec any other shows to me, skip Grey's Anatomy. I think I am one of the few people in the world apparently who don't like it and find both Meredith and Izzy incredibly annoying (though I like Katherine Heigl and have since Roswell).
By the way, the treadmill arrived. It's currently sitting in my garage, in its box. Because it weighs 300 lbs. I have no idea whatsoever how I am going to get the pieces out, to my bedroom, and assembled. I really need to think these things through.
And my last bit of news -- I am minorly embroiled in a drama wherein this guy I met and spoke to on a few carpool bus commutes (company employees only, so at least it's not really iffy in that sense) asked me out a couple of weeks ago. Only I misheard him and didn't realize that was what he was doing, and accepted. So then I had to backtrack on it and make up a story about being involved in a relationship already. I thought that was the end of it, but then he called and left a voicemail recently to see how I was doing, and now I don't know what to do. Can't just ignore him as I will likely see him on commutes (today, even), and he's a perfectly nice fellow. I'm just not interested in him that way. Plus he thinks I have a boyfriend. So could he just have called to be friends? I'm still at a loss as to how to respond.
Going to a baseball game tonight with Alicia and Sharon, and currently the plan is that I will be getting a SeaDog for dinner. It's like battered fried fish in a hot dog bun, topped, no doubt, with tartar sauce. The only problem is that it's an evening game and will probably be even more cold than it is right now, which is pretty damn cold. Currently? 55°F. I know, what kind of insane part of the country do I live in? Answer: a sucky part that has never heard of summer. Oh I know, a bunch of people are experiencing crazy heat where they live ... but what I wouldn't give for that right now! Warm weather! Cute clothes! Walking out of the house without a coat! Walking my dog NOT in the rain! The bliss!
I have recently rented/purchased soooooooo many DVDs, mostly of the TV series persuasion. Here's what I've gotten so far, with high-level thoughts:
- 30 Rock (S1): Funny and cute, can't wait to when it gets really good (I'm still on disc 1). Plus it makes me miss New York.
- The Tudors (S1): Very GP, but not sure how much I really like it. It's no Rome. And I've never, ever understood the Jonathan Rhys Meyers thing ... plus the actress who plays Anne has really large nostrils and this affected look about her that sometimes rubs me the wrong way. She's like a more attractive Maggie Gyllenhaal (which isn't saying much -- which commentator was it who said, "They cast her in Batman? They might as well have cast a foot!"). But this one does have Sam Neill and Jeremy Northam.
- Dexter (S1): Finished this one. Very interesting and enjoyable, even though I hate basically all the female characters. His sister is especially heinous, I can't stand the actress. And Julie Benz was much, much more interesting as Darla.
- Ugly Betty (S1): Started this with Jade while we were in New York. It's so fun! We're on the last disc, but I am waiting for her to mail it to me so we can finally finish up S1.
- House (S3): I'm on the 3rd season ... I know, way behind everyone else. I think the problem was that the 2nd season was good, but only OK, so I didn't have a huge desire to watch S3 immediately. But then people have been saying how great S4 was, and I don't like to watch stuff out of order, so I'm now finally watching S3.
And finally, the ones that I have but haven't started watching yet:
- Friday Night Lights (S1&2)
- Gilmore Girls (S7)
- Lost (S3)
DVDs I need to remember to order when they come out:
- Lost (S4)
- Heroes (S2)
- Prison Break (S3)
- House (S4)
If you're planning to rec any other shows to me, skip Grey's Anatomy. I think I am one of the few people in the world apparently who don't like it and find both Meredith and Izzy incredibly annoying (though I like Katherine Heigl and have since Roswell).
By the way, the treadmill arrived. It's currently sitting in my garage, in its box. Because it weighs 300 lbs. I have no idea whatsoever how I am going to get the pieces out, to my bedroom, and assembled. I really need to think these things through.
And my last bit of news -- I am minorly embroiled in a drama wherein this guy I met and spoke to on a few carpool bus commutes (company employees only, so at least it's not really iffy in that sense) asked me out a couple of weeks ago. Only I misheard him and didn't realize that was what he was doing, and accepted. So then I had to backtrack on it and make up a story about being involved in a relationship already. I thought that was the end of it, but then he called and left a voicemail recently to see how I was doing, and now I don't know what to do. Can't just ignore him as I will likely see him on commutes (today, even), and he's a perfectly nice fellow. I'm just not interested in him that way. Plus he thinks I have a boyfriend. So could he just have called to be friends? I'm still at a loss as to how to respond.
